Essays about: "Critical literacy pedagogy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Critical literacy pedagogy.

  1. 1. Racial Prejudices as Societal Norms: Utilizing Genre Pedagogy to Help Students Work with William Shakespeare’s 'Othello'

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Malek Habejbek; [2023]
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    Abstract : This essay examines racial attitudes in Elizabethan England to re-read Shakespeare’s Othello with an emphasis on the characters Roderigo, Iago, Brabantio, the Duke of Venice, and Emilia. It also looks at the historical background of blackface and how it contributed to racism. READ MORE

  3. 2. What to teach or how to teach? : A survey on the consequences a less detail-controlled curriculum has on English teachers´ choice of English-language literature

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Valentin Andrijevic; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish National Curriculum; less detail-controlled; English-language literature; critical literacy; critical pedagogy; intersectionality; Half of a Yellow Sun; Swedish Cultural Canon of Literature;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine which consequences a less-detail controlled curriculum has on English teachers’ choice of English-language literature. With support from the literature review, this essay argues that an unofficial, tacit school canon of English-language literature mainly composed of ten literary works seems to have been established in Swedish upper-secondary schools, despite the Swedish National Curriculum not naming specific literary works educators in Sweden are required to use in their teaching. READ MORE

  4. 3. Using Literary Theories to Acquire Critical Consciousness in the EFL Classroom : A Critical Approach to Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Gustaf Bärlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Marxist literary theory; Virginia Woolf; Mrs. Dalloway; ideology; critical pedagogy; critical literacy pedagogy; upper secondary school; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : This essay applies a critical lens to Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf. The aim of this essay is to investigate if and how Mrs. Dalloway can be utilized for students to practice critical consciousness in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Norm Critical Approach to Teaching Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: Exploring Gender, Heteronormativity & Ableism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Maria Fanourgakis; [2019]
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    Abstract : A growing concern in educational institutions is the lack of a unified collegial effort to address issues pertaining to discrimination. The Swedish National Agency of Education (SNAE) has released several reports and articles this past decade (2009, 2010, 2016), in which no significant improvement has been observed in schools with regard to discrimination pertaining to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability. READ MORE

  6. 5. The concept of culture What does the syllabus say?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Rebecca Ehnfors; [2018]
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    Abstract : Cultural studies consist of more than just facts about cultural features. Theorists within the field of culture pedagogy emphasize that culture should be viewed as a dynamic and complex phenomenon rather than an accomplished fact, and stress the importance of connecting cultural studies to democratic values. READ MORE